Seba dal
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 3 "Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement"
Meaning
Seba dals were volunteer corps (groups of helpers) organised by the Satara prati sarkar. The prati sarkar was the "parallel government" set up in Satara, western Maharashtra, in 1943 during the Quit India movement. The seba dals carried out its work in the villages. Together with tufan dals and people's courts, they helped the prati sarkar run its own system of rule. The prati sarkar lasted until the 1946 elections.
Example
Under leaders such as Nana Patil, the Satara parallel government got support from kunbi peasants and dalits. Its seba dals helped it act like a real government in place of British officials.
Don't confuse with
- Tufan dal: these were the village units of the same parallel government. Seba dals were its volunteer corps.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Wardha scheme of basic education
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries